Taste Lab

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 1, 2025
• address2008 Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn 11214
• cuisineEastern European
• phone8458034811

Is Taste Lab clean?

Taste Lab is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 1, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Taste Lab?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰facility hygiene issuecritical
  Food contact surface, refillable, reusable containers, or equipment improperly constructed, placed or maintained. Unacceptable material used. Culinary sink or other acceptable method not provided for washing food.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.

When was Taste Lab last inspected?

Taste Lab has 1 inspection on record going back to August 1, 2025, averaging 13 points.

Taste Lab vs Bath Beach

Bath Beach runs 73% clean across 75 tracked restaurants — 47 clean, 4 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 75 spots Cooked tracks in Bath Beach, this one comes out cleaner than 31% of them.

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How New York grades restaurants

New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0–13 points earns an A, 14–27 a B, and 28 or more a C. Every restaurant is inspected at least once a year, and the letter has to be posted in the window. A restaurant that scores 14 or more on the first inspection of a cycle does not get a letter right away — it stays “Grade Pending” until a re-inspection settles it, which is why some spots here show an hourglass instead of a letter. Cooked only ever shows a letter the city actually posted; we never infer one from a score.

Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via NYC Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.